Author Archives: timlyg

VR Developer

With the Meta Quest 2 Nadia bought me, I should look into this. Unreal and Unity engines are the two most popular ones to begin with.

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What is Music

Decades ago, my dad posted this question to me: "What is Music", when I was auditioning for Australia's Newington College full scholarship. In case they asked, but they didn't. Nevertheless, it is an important question. Because people would give various … Continue reading

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Journal of the Week

9/13/2024 Only Christ's death is by the will of God (Gal 1:4), everyone else's death is not. Not getting into the R.C. Sproul's three types of will of God here (Decretive, Preceptive, Permissive) 基督的死像以毒攻毒 = 以死攻死: 9/11/2024 My company, SP, … Continue reading

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Proof text: Creatio ex nihilo

We all know this is Augustine's breakthrough or at least he popularized this. I think though the Genesis of Creation account is not clear, but by progressive revelation, creatio ex nihilo is obvious and we can conclude that the Hebrew … Continue reading

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Haskell Programming

A purely functional programming. A good tutorial is at https://www.tutorialspoint.com/haskell/index.htm

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Journal of the Week

9/5/2024 How Satan uses Charismatic style Christian Worship to make the men disrespect God's word in the church: By making you sing praise songs for 1 hour until you're too tired to listen to the sermon. GCC Bible Study: Proverbs … Continue reading

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Book Review: Essential Companion to Christian History by Stephen Backhouse

Got this book at Ollie's (near BJ) for $5. Meant to use it as a tool to teach Nadia Church History. Chapter 1: Servants and Leaders: 1 - 100 c.96: Bishop Clement of Rome's First Epistle accepts Paul's letters as … Continue reading

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Vocabulary: 兵者诡道也

From: 孙子兵法 用兵之道在于千变万化、出其不意 Some translated as "All warfare is based on deception" If so, then yes, as Pak Tong said, Chinese tradition does consider deception as part of wisdom. However, being crafty or shrewd is a "kinder" translation. I have … Continue reading

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Journal of the Week

8/30/2024 Right after dropping Nadia off at the train station (back parking lot side, due to earlier drizzle but there was no rain drops by the time we arrived at the station), front passenger tire was punctured by a hex … Continue reading

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St. George's Windsor Tune

Several hymns use this tune. And I like this arrangement. Not going to buy the $50 book. I guess I'll just try to copy sheet off youtube:

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